My menu plan is now sponsored by the great people over at Better Batter Flour.  Stop by and say “Hi!” and check out all the fun.   For more menu planning inspiration at Better Batter Flour, check out the gluten free vegetarian menu from Cindy of  Vegetarian Mamma, the weekly menu from Kristi of Mommy Hates Cooking, and the informative gluten free articles from Gigi of Gluten Free Gigi.  Thank you Better Batter Flour!

 

This past weekend was the Girl Scout Centennial Day of Service.  I have two Girl Scouts (and troops!) and so we helped our local service unit to rake a local park area to help prevent phosphorus from entering waterways.  We had a fun time (a little leaf jumping also happened, as you might imagine).  Afterwards we had cupcakes and hot cocoa to celebrate.  I brought a gluten and dairy free cake for those that needed it.  I was pleased we brought it because more girls and leaders needed it than just my girls and myself.  Isn’t it a fun cake?  It is decorated to celebrate Girl Scout’s 100th Birthday.

This week I am hosting the Gluten Free Menu Swap.  I picked eggs as the theme, because, well… I thought my chickens would be laying eggs by now.  They aren’t.  Boo-hoo!  However, my neighbors a few houses down who have chickens born the same week as ours got their first egg on Saturday.  So I have hope!  I know not everyone can use eggs, so I have and article on how I substitute eggs in baking.  Naomi also has a great egg yolk substitute made fromBetter Batter Flour to help you out.  As we may be having eggs soon I would love to hear your favorite ways to use eggs!

Freezer cooking plan for the week:  I am actually not going to be cooking up a lot extra this week…  Instead I am going to work on organizing my freezer and taking a little inventory of what I have on hand.  It has gotten a bit crazy in there, so a little clean up is in order.  I am also developing a fun pumpkin-y Halloween fun freezer menu for you all, so keep an eye out for that next week!

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On to the menu plan! 
The week’s breakfast options:  Sausage and Egg Biscuits, pancakes(made egg free and from the freezer), eggs scrambled with veggies and various fruits.

The week’s lunch options:  Nut butter and sunbutter sandwiches on Egg Bread or turkey and avocado on Ciabatta Bread, hard boiled eggs, various fruit, and veggie sticks.

Monday:   Orchestra (Elementary)/mommy works/mommy volunteers at school library/CC practice/dance lessons/Boy Scout practice
Tacos made with Ground Turkey Fajita Hash (from the freezer) and Cilantro Lime Rice with Cilantro Cashew Salad
Tuesday:   CC practice/Piano lessons
Easy Pork Chops with a mixed green salad topped with chopped apples and walnuts

 

Wednesday:  Orchestra (high school)/mom works/CC practice/youth group at our house

Slow Cooker French Toast Casserole, Homemade Turkey Sausage and fruit

 

Thursday:  Mom works/CC practice/NO SCHOOL

Swedish Meatballs over wide gluten free egg noodles with steamed broccoli

Friday:  CC practice/NO SCHOOL

Apple Sausage Quiche (full sized so increase baking time and keep an eye on it, and made with half regular potato, half sweet potato) and a big salad.  For dessert I will be serving Slow Cooker Baked Apples.

 

Next weekend I am planning on cooking up some Blueberry Breakfast Cakes and Mini Zucchini Muffins.  Yum!

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What is on everyone else’s plate?

Heather at Celiac Family uses eggs quite a bit in their meals.  This week she’ll be making French toast casserole as well as scrambled eggs.  She has the cutest meringue cookies on her sight shaped like ghosts, Christmas Trees and Duckies. Squeal!  For dinner this week Heather is serving Paige’s Creamy Chicken, pizza, Chicken Nuggets, Eggs and Hash Browns Casserole, Tropical Fruit Salad, Fish Sticks, and Flank Steak.  Sounds delicious!

Samantha at Awkward Girl Gets Fit is serving up a delicious paleo menu this week of Jerk Chicken and Pineapple Bowl, Tuscan Chicken with Roasted Green Beans, Lasagna (she’ll be trying one with eggplant and zucchini for her), Rosemary Pot Roast and Cauliflower Butter Rice, Butter Chicken with wilted spinach, BBQ Beef and Fajitas.  Such a great menu!

Lisa at Extraordinary Life has a fun link to how to hard “boil” eggs using muffins tin and baking in the oven.  You could get a lot done at one time that way…  🙂  Her family is off camping this week, so she’ll be doing prep for that this week.  During the week she will be serving Asian Style Pepper Steak over Cauliflower Rice, Green Leaf Lettuce Taco Dinner, hot dogs,and Paleo Chicken Pot Pie.  You have to check out her camping menu.  It is amazing and includes everything from pre-made Almond Flour Pancakes to Paleo Graham Crackers and Almost Paleo Corn Free Marshmallows.  Awesome!
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The Prudent Patron has just started eating paleo and is using the Whole 30 to help her jumpstart into it.  She has all kinds of tasty items for her menu this week like Sundried Tomato Basil Meatballs with Roasted Asparagus, grilled chicken breasts, steak lettuce wraps tacos, pumpkin and carrot soup, almond chicken with sweet potatoes and broccoli, and Salmon with Cherry Tomato Salsa and Asparagus.  A delicious start to paleo!

Need more menu planning inspiration?  Head over  for Menu Plan Monday at Organized Junkie.  For an awesome month long gluten free money saving menu, see Melissa’s October plan at Stockpiling Moms.